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FOCUS ON...African Swine Fever (ASF) recent developments - timely updates

Worrisome dynamics: Steady spread towards unaffected areas could have disastrous impact



[cid:image002.jpg@01CD9110.409B0D60]African swine fever (ASF) is now established beyond Africa, in the Caucasus and the Russian Federation, where it is having a particularly devastating impact on small-scale pig farmers, who are losing a valuable protein source and cash income. In the past, the virus was already detected outside Africa from the 1950s to the 1980s in Europe, the Caribbean and Brazil. [Download the full PDF<http://www.fao.org/docrep/016/ap372e/ap372e.pdf>]



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·      Current ASF dynamics (2011/12)
·      Disease impact
·      Epidemiological outlook
·      Response and action
·     Recommendations: prevention and control measures for ASF and
    other infectious diseases of swine
·      Further reading



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